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Apparently worried by the general anxiety over the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) said yesterday that the President "is as fit as a fiddle." to continue to rule the country.
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Action Congress (AC) has warned against the growing propensity of government officials and others to second-guess the Supreme Court over the cases challenging the election of President Umaru Yar'Adua.
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President Umaru Yar'Adua called, yesterday, for partnership between government and the private sector in tackling the current global financial crisis.
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Despite the controversies surrounding his state of health, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has declared President Umaru Musa Yar'adua healthy, fit and capable of leading Nigeria towards attainment of growth and development.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Senate President, David Mark, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, met on Wednesday with President Umaru Yar'Adua on the much-awaited ministerial list that would signal a re-engineering of his Cabinet.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Few days after the celebration of Nigeria's 48th independence anniversary on October 1, President Umaru Yar'Adua and the presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, fiercely engaged themselves in altercations that appears to heighten the tension that already exists in the nation's polity. Like a flash, Buhari and Yar'Adua threw jibes at each other...
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Nigeria's former Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Aminu Bashir Wali headed the list of 11 new ambassadorial nominees submitted to the Senate for consideration and confirmation by President Umaru Yar'adua yesterday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Leading G-34 politician and founding member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ishyaku Ibrahim, has described President Umaru Yar'adua as a dishonest person who should not have asumed presidency in the first instance.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
During his campaign, Alhaji Umaru Yar'adua came up with the programme of action to advance the life of the public as the president of Nigeria and this was tagged the '7-point agenda', which is the blueprint for the packaging of the most sensitive areas of consideration if he became president.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Nigeria: Anenih Chides Buhari Over Yar'AduaSufuyan OjeifoAbujaFormer Chairman of the Board of Trustees, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih has asked the presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) to stop unnecessary posturing over his presidential election appeal before the Supreme Court.He said he should no longer create...
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Any who has been waiting for regular power supply for more than 30 years would not understand some of the utterances of government officials represented by the likes of Emmanuel Odusina Minister of State for Energy (Gas).Mr. Odusina explained that President Umaru Yar'Adua did not want to make rash decisions on the provision of electricity for the country.
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... of maximum protection.He said his government, under the leadership of His Excellency President Umaru Yar' Adua, was working hard round the clock, to set a new agenda that would put the Nigerian economy on a sound footage, to prevent it from experiencing the turmoil it once experienced.He used the occasion to inaugurate and usher into office, new executives of all the Nigerian Communities...
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Nigeria: Global Financial Crisis - We've Not Appointed Bailout Banks - NSEKingsley IghomwenghianNigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said on Thursday it was collaborating with banks to restore investors' confidence in the market, which for sometime now has continued to wane.Also on Thursday, President Umaru Yar'Adua canvassed urgent partnership between the public and private sectors as a way of averting...
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... solutions to the problem, as NIPSOT has a major role to play in the actualisation of the President Umaru Yar'adua's seven-point agenda as it has the capacity to reach to the grassroots at a faster and more economical way.Relevant Links The postmaster-general said NIPOST is the most veritable agency capable of delivering the development initiatives of the government to the people at the grassroots...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... of the Oil and Gas Implementation Committee, (OGIC)which recently submitted a report to President Umaru Yar" Adua on proposals for restructuring the oil and gas sector for maximal efficiency. The statement reads: "You will recall that Eleme Petrochemical Company Limited (EPCL)was sold for peanuts to friends and cronies of government without following due process (due diligence and valuation)and...
